Microbial virulence and interactions with metals

N. German, Freja Lea Lüthje, X. Hao, Regin Rønn, Christopher Günther T Rensing

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Abstract

Transition metals, such as iron, copper, zinc, and manganese play an important role in many bacterial biological processes that add to an overall evolutional fitness of bacteria. They are often involved in regulation of bacterial virulence as a mechanism of host invasion. However, the same transition metals are known to play an important role in host-defense mechanisms against bacteria through Fenton chemistry evoked toxicity as an example. Copper and zinc are used as a mechanism to poison bacteria whereas other metals, such as, iron and manganese are withheld by the predator to prevent reconstruction of Fe-S clusters and the use of Mn as a protectant against reactive oxygen species. Therefore, tight regulation of transition metal distribution in bacteria and hosts is a vital part of host-pathogen interactions.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationHost-microbe interactions
EditorsKevin Pruitt
Number of pages23
PublisherElsevier
Publication date2016
Pages27-49
Chapter2
ISBN (Print)978-0-12-809328-3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2016
SeriesProgress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science
Volume142
ISSN1877-1173

Keywords

  • Journal Article

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